Vijay Lokapally has been covering sports for The Hindu and Sportstar since 1986. Cricket has been close to his heart and considers himself fortunate to have written on a game he has loved so much.
Cricket reporting took him to far corners of the world. He is among the few from India who have sent despatches from literally every venue of the cricketing world.
Lokapally has the distinction of covering his first World Cup in 1987 and later reported on the editions in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2011. He considers the 1999 and 2003 travels to England and South Africa for the World Cup among the high points of his cricket reportage.
The 1983 World Cup was the trigger point for Lokapally to take to sports journalism and he is proud to count some of the big names of Indian cricket among his friends. He lives in Delhi with wife Sunanda and son Akshay.